The Blessings of Wisdom and Prudence Eph 1:8 All right – well as most of you know, we have come now in our study through the book of Ephesians to Ephesians 1:8 – and if you would like to open your Bibles to that verse we will just read it quickly together – beginning in vs 7. “In him (Jesus Christ) we…

Christianity Where the Rubber Meets the Road Part 2: Getting the Wisdom You Need James 1:5-12 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Feb. 19, 2012 *Sometimes when I read this passage, I think back to a hospital visit that I made over 30 years ago. The lady and I were talking about some problems…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

In Christ... we are blessed we are chosen we are holy and blameless before God we are redeemed we are forgiven we are rich we are predestined we are sealed Who is God? Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,…

I was never a confident person growing up. I always relied on others to do things for me mostly because of my own insecurities. My lack of confidence hurt me in many ways. When Lynn and I started dating I would tell her I would love to be a pastor but I could never make it through school because I am…

Introduce self: My name is Adam Diaz, I’m the pastor here at Abide Church. I love this school, I was homeschooled... Anniversary Eric has spent the last 3 weeks on a series on the 4 Gs. He asked me to finish off the series and I’m excited to do just that because... These simple truths about God, if we…

Video: The Voice of the Shepherd 14 I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, 15 just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there…

Christian living is living the best life now because it is beneficial to you and those you come in contact with.

INTRODUCTION: Welcome/Prayer Explain the title - “The Gospel in the Trinity” The Gospel doesn’t bring forth the Trinity, rather the Trinity, the very nature of God gives us Good News… God is Good News… at least to those who worship Him My aim this morning is to equip you with basic Trinitarian language…

During the past few weeks, we have looked at some of the prayers of the Apostle Paul for the church, and we have looked at the great prayer of Jesus for His disciples and for all those who would believe in Him as a result of their testimony about Him. We have seen that God has called us to ask great…

This second message on the book of Ephesians focuses again on God's big master plan revealed in verse 9-10 . Steve then takes us through verse 11 through 22 revealing how the church is the inplimenter of this master plan and how we find our purpose in His plan.

Our Scripture lesson this morning is just two verses. Once again we focus on Ruth’s profession of faith found in Ruth 1 . But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your…

Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.” But when Jesus heard it he said,…

Introduction We are week two of the series on God’s Grace in the Church. Last week we spent time learning why we need to study the book of Ephesians. So today open your bibles to Ephesians 1:3-14 The word blessing is a word that most Christians are familiar with today. If you were to go the bookstore…

09/16/2018, Sunday Morning Sermon, "Grow in Grace and Knowledge" by Pastor Ken de Koning

We have been looking for the passed few weeks at the components of Salvation.We looked at the pursuit, the acknowledgment, obedience, believing and listening and now we come to the conclusion which is the receiving of Salvation. Receiving The final component of Salvation would be the actual product right,…

What does it mean to know God?

When A.J. Gordon was pastor of a church in Boston, he met a young boy in front of the sanctuary carrying a rusty cage in which several birds fluttered nervously. Gordon inquired, "Son, where did you get those birds?" The boy replied, "I trapped them out in the field." "What are you going to do with them?"…